In the West the past is like a dead animal. It is a carcass picked at by the flies that call themselves historians and biographers. But in my culture the past lives. My people feel this way in part because… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
The conqueror writes history, they came, they conquered and they write. You don't expect the people who came to invade us to tell the truth about us. — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
It's a really unfair world because life is, where I am; all day long we listen to American music. So I don't see why… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Belafonte sent his people to pick me up and I went back and shook his hand, then went back to my little flat. I… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
He [Belafonte] was a good teacher and looked after me. He said, 'You have such great talent, you must try not to be a… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope,… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
In New York I heard A Piece of Ground, written by a white South African, Jeremy Taylor. I modified it a little and sang… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
In the West the past is like a dead animal. It is a carcass picked at by the flies that call themselves historians and… — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career. — Miriam Makeba Copy Share Image
![“He [Belafonte] was a good teacher and looked after me. He said, 'You have such great talent, you must try not to be a tornado - be like a submarine. It was good advice when I found myself speaking at the UN Committee Against Apartheid and then the UN General Assembly.” quote by Miriam Makeba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e74/miriam-makeba-14520_advice_he-belafonte-was-a-good-teacher-and-look_491185.jpg)
